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 				ptychoScopy
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+If you find this tool helpful for your work, please cite: Skoupy et al., 2025; doi:10.1038/s41598-025-09871-6
 Jupyter Notebook/Lab based interactive data acquisition tool designed for appropriate
 ptychographic data collection. It consists of SSB (Single Side Band ptychography)
 or full-field ITR (iterative reconstruction methods) tabs where method related charts